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Day 41 (of 2025/26) no such thing as screen time…?!? https://apple.news/AAr-4JdAwTQG1caAiPQH6Yw Or https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/10/screen-time-television-internet/684659/ Fun reminder that pundits like Marshall McLuhan saw screens as a good thing: As such, he thought that screens would help usher in a new age, a “global village” in which multisensory media would connect people in small scale, ad hoc ways,…

Day 40 (of 2025/26) is it just me, or is time feeling… off? I was SO GLAD this morning when a teacher commented that it felt like a Thursday… because that is exactly how the day ‘felt’ to me as well… or is it just some of us who have a ‘feel’ for each day…

Day 39 (of 2025/26) Toons and Halloween…  Trick or Treat for Hallowe’en!  “Trick or Treat,” is the master cartoonist’s (Carl Barks) adaptation of the Donald Duck cartoon of the same name. It has appeared in a number of collections as well as it’s own featured roll in Dell comics Donald Duck serial…  The film opens…

Day 38 (of 2025/26) #Hallowe’ek – 3 Positives & 3 Negatives Hallowe’ek is another reminder of how systemic discrimination often hides in plain sight within our schools. We tend to dismiss its roots in organized religion, framing it instead as a secular celebration — “just kids gathering candy.” But let’s be honest… for decades, many…

Day 37a (of 2025/26) thank you @westvanschools for hosting @CUEBC This morning starts with a keynote by SFU’s Dr Greg Sutherland talking about Technology with Purpose –  Self-Location is a form of truth-telling which helps build … oops, first Microsoft error of the day…  Self location is a form of truth-telling, establishing Relational accountability and…

Day 365 (of 2025/26): #tEChursdAI looking at tomorrows @CUEBC lineup I love our provincial pro-d (professional development) day! A time for specialist organizations to show off and have educators show up to learn and share (and chat in the hallways…probably the best pro-d). A fabulous day. But some thoughts: A) not a day off. The…

Day 35 (of 2025/26): Tis the Season to Talk About Costumes… Dress Code Edition My school community knows there’s usually a reason behind what I wear each day. Some are easy to spot: #BowTieTuesday, #UnofficialSportsJerseyFriday, or the always-popular #NerdyTShirtFriday. Then there are the days that carry deeper meaning — Black, Orange, or Pink Shirt Days,…

Day 34 (of 2025/26) video games as a literacy unit… Alas poor Zelda, I knew her Horatio! The stories within video games are frequently overlooked…. But the passion is there – it is evident every time a movie or tv show based on a video game comes out and messes up the lore that is…

Day 33 (of 2025/26) #diwali – a reminder about the fine edge between cultural appreciation and appropriation As I work on refining my art-love/hate of AI (I am not a good artist – while my kids are… but AI helps me generate what I see in my head… as seen with todays pre #bowtietuesday share…

Day 32 (of 2025/26) 3 news stories from the week: inclusive education (thanks @thierck and @cbc ); Alberta’s teacher strike is resembling BCs past ones; Macleans takes a look at Ed too!